Downs Psd, WV
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.29 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2026). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Lead was measured in sampled homes but the 90th percentile is under both action levels. EPA's health goal for lead is zero, so test your own tap if your home was built before 1986 or anyone in it is pregnant or a young child.
Downs Psd at a glance
Downs Psd serves about 1,024 people through 457 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Marion County, West Virginia. EPA system ID: WV3302501; phone on file: 304-363-1700. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2022 (0.33 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Downs Psd is 0.79 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.29 ppb |
| 2022 | 0.33 ppb |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0.79 ppb |
How Downs Psd compares
Of the 408 West Virginia systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 0.9 ppb; 4 are over 15 ppb right now and 20 have gone over at some point. Downs Psd's 0.29 ppb sits at the 23rd percentile in West Virginia and the 41st nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Marion County
26 other systems share Marion County; 21 of them have a higher latest lead result than Downs Psd. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Fairmont City Of | 30,586 | 2.3 ppb |
| Valley Falls Psd | 4,042 | 2.08 ppb |
| Monongah Town Of | 3,226 | 1.5 ppb |
| Little Creek Psd | 2,180 | 13.3 ppb |
| Monumental Psd | 1,965 | 0.4 ppb |
| Mannington City Of | 1,946 | 0.72 ppb |
| Tri-County Water Assoc - Fairmont | 1,880 | 1.5 ppb |
| Rivesville Town Of | 1,267 | 0.54 ppb |
| Paw Paw Route 19 Psd | 1,257 | 2.9 ppb |
| Bingamon Psd | 1,179 | 1.2 ppb |
Next steps for Fairmont, WV
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Fairmont, WV may offer free or low-cost kits through the utility. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Downs Psd whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do.
These figures describe homes the utility sampled, not your tap. Only your service line record or a test of your own water answers the question for your house. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.